Tag: Disruptive Technology

Technology develops rapidly. The law does not. In consequence, and with increasing frequency, new technology is being introduced into a legal environment that was not designed to accommodate it.

To what extent is the law self-adapting, addressing itself to technological solutions that could not even have been contemplated when it was originally written?

This was the question considered by the High Court in Transport for London v Uber London Ltd, a case which is interesting not only on its own facts, but also because it draws attention to how regulatory systems need to become more responsive in an era of rapid technological change.